PSC/PR/CO
OMM.2 (CCCIIII)
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Preveention and C
Combating o
of Terrorism and its 2004
4 Supplemen
ntary Protoccol, as well aas
the 2002
2
AU Pllan of Actio
on, as an integral
i
parrt of the universal instruments on
o
terrorism, includ
ding relevan
nt United Nations Seccurity Coun
ncil resolutio
ons and UN
Conventions and Protocols;
7.
Reiterate
es the need for continued efforts by
b all AU Meember Statees to preven
nt
and combat
c
the scourge of terrorism. Accordinglyy, Council urrges Membeer States thaat
have not yet don
ne so to takke without aany further delay the stteps requireed to becom
me
partiees to the 199
99 Convention and its 2004 Protoco
ol, as well as to relevant internationaal
instru
uments. Cou
uncil also un
nderlines th
he relevancee of the AU Plan of Action on Dru
ug
Contrrol and Crim
me Prevention;
8.
Stresses the
t need fo
or the effecttive implemeentation of the committments mad
de
by Member
M
Stattes and the relevant AU
U and international instruments. In particular,
Coun
ncil requestss Member Sttates that haave not yet done so to d
designate Fo
ocal Points tto
ensurre effective liaison with the African Centre for tthe Study an
nd Research on Terrorism
m
(ACSR
RT), and stre
esses the neeed for the FFocal Points tto be established, at thee appropriatte
level of decision‐‐making, in aall Member SStates;
9.
Encouragges all Member States and
a Regionaal Economicc Communitties (RECs) to
t
develop comprehensive nattional and regional
r
cou
unter‐terroriism strategiies, includin
ng
the establishme
ent of Fusio
on Centres, with the view of facilitating
f
exchange of
o
inform
mation, coordination an
nd joint operrations;
10. Welcome
es the steps taken by the Commisssion toward
ds the conveening, on th
he
f
g ordinary session of th
he Executivee Council, at
a the end of
o
marggins of the forthcoming
Januaary 2012, off a ministeriaal meeting tto address the threat po
osed by the proliferatio
on
of arms originatiing from thee Libyan millitary depotss. In this resspect, Council welcome
es
the joint AU‐UN assessment mission to
o assess thee impact of the Libyan crisis on th
he
Sahel region, be
eing undertaaken from 7
7 to 23 Deccember 2011, whose reeport will be
b
consiidered by the ministerial meeting;
11. Reiterate
es AU’s total opposition
n to the payyment of ran
nsom to terrrorist group
ps
and welcomes
w
the
t consultaations undertaken by Special
S
Reprresentative in charge of
o
Coun
nter‐Terrorism Cooperattion aimed at
a building consensus
c
to
owards the adoption, by
b
the UN
U Security Council, off a binding resolution against the payment of
o ransom to
t
terrorist groups, as well as towards thee launching of negotiattions, at thee UN Generaal
Assem
mbly, to elab
borate a Pro
otocol on thee prohibition
n of payment of ransom;
12. Encouragges the Com
mmission to
o pursue the
t
efforts initiated reegarding th
he
development of best practices on bord
der management and the
t enhanceement of th
he